10-letter words containing c, h, y
- crashingly — extremely; exceedingly
- crushingly — You can use crushingly to emphasize the degree of a negative quality.
- cryophilic — able to thrive at low temperatures
- cryophorus — a glass tube with a bulb at each end which contains water and water vapour, used in physics to demonstrate freezing by evaporation
- cryosphere — All those areas of the Earth where the surface is frozen.
- cubby-hole — A cubby-hole is a very small room or space for storing things.
- cubbyholes — Plural form of cubbyhole.
- cyanopathy — (medicine) A disease in which the surface of the body turns blue, usually arising from a malformation of the heart, which causes an imperfect arterialization of the blood.
- cyanophyta — a phylum, or subkingdom, in the kingdom Monera, comprising the blue-green algae.
- cyanophyte — a former name for a cyanobacterium
- cyathiform — shaped like a drinking glass or cup, with a wider upper section
- cycle hire — a business which rents out bikes to tourists, travellers, etc
- cycle path — A cycle path is a special path on which people can travel by bicycle separately from motor vehicles.
- cyclograph — Arcograph.
- cyclohexyl — (organic chemistry) The univalent radical derived from cyclohexane by the formal removal of a hydrogen atom.
- cyclothyme — a person suffering from cyclothymia
- cymophenol — (organic compound) synonym of carvacrol.
- cymotrichy — the state of having wavy hair
- cynghanedd — a complex system of rhyme and alliteration used in Welsh verse
- cynophilia — a love of dogs
- cynophobia — an irrational fear of dogs
- cypherpunk — A person who uses encryption when accessing a computer network in order to ensure privacy, especially from government authorities.
- cyphertext — (language) An interactive language for text formatting and typesetting.
- cystoliths — Plural form of cystolith.
- cytherea's — Aphrodite: so called because of her birth in the sea near Cythera.
- cytochrome — any of a group of naturally occurring compounds, consisting of iron, a protein, and a porphyrin, that are important in cell oxidation-reduction reactions
- cytopathic — of or relating to cytopathy
- cytophilic — (of antibodies, etc) having an attraction or affinity to cells
- day school — A day school is a school where the students go home every evening and do not live at the school. Compare boarding school.
- debauchery — You use debauchery to refer to the drinking of alcohol or to sexual activity if you disapprove of it or regard it as excessive.
- detachably — in a detachable fashion
- detachedly — in a detached fashion
- dichromacy — The quality of having two independent channels for conveying color information in the eye.
- dichromasy — Alternative spelling of dichromacy.
- diphyletic — of or relating to a taxonomic group of organisms derived from two separate ancestral lines.
- doohickeys — Plural form of doohickey.
- dyrrachium — a port in W Albania, on the Adriatic. Pop: 86 900 (1991 est)
- dysarthric — Afflicted with, or pertaining to, dysarthria.
- dyschromia — Abnormal alteration of the color of the skin or nails.
- dysgraphic — a person who suffers from dysgraphia
- dysmorphic — relating to or resulting in misshapenness of parts of the body
- dysthymiac — a person who is affected with dysthymia
- dystrophic — Medicine/Medical. pertaining to or caused by dystrophy.
- easy chair — an upholstered armchair for lounging.
- ecchymoses — a discoloration due to extravasation of blood, as in a bruise.
- ecchymosis — a discoloration due to extravasation of blood, as in a bruise.
- ecchymotic — a discoloration due to extravasation of blood, as in a bruise.
- echography — a device that records oceanic depths by means of sonic waves.
- ectomorphy — having a thin body build, roughly characterized by the relative prominence of structures developed from the embryonic ectoderm (contrasted with endomorphic, mesomorphic).
- ectophytes — Plural form of ectophyte.